Match Information
Tuesday 28th November
Alvechurch v Leiston
Pitching In Southern League Central Premier
7.45pm kick off
53 Redditch Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7RS
Tel: - 0121 445 2929.

Game 16/42.

The Blues head to Alvechurch tonight in league action looking to build on their three points and comeback against Stamford. Chris Casement’s late free kick (his second in as many league games) on 94 minutes was enough to give Leiston all the points after George Quantrell and Ross Crane’s goals restored parity after conceding two early goals.

Alvechurch drew with Kettering Town on Saturday, the point leaving them 16th with 20 points from 16 games. Leiston are 19th after Saturday, but a win this evening would take the Blues out the drop zone.

The Blues host Nuneaton Borough now on Saturday afternoon, a fixture that originally was at Nuneaton but was changed to Leiston last week. Leiston will now head to Needham Market on Saturday 9th December, another fixture change, with the game brought forward from Boxing Day. Away games at Hitchin Town and Bromsgrove Sporting follow before Stratford Town visit Suffolk on Saturday 23rd December, in the Blues last game of 2023.

Leiston first made a trip to Alvechurch in March 2019, with Matt Blake on target in a 2-1 loss that night. The Blues picked up a point in March 2020, just before the COVID outbreak, drawing 0-0. The two other games have seen Leiston lose 2-0 in October 2021 but the side drew 3-3 last season. Leiston were 3-1 up but the hosts got two late goals late on. Wyatt Hill and Will Davies (2) netted that day.

FORM GUIDE: -

Alvechurch: - DDLLW

Leiston: - WDLLW.

FUN FACTS ABOUT ALVECHURCH: - Alan Smith, who played for Arsenal and Leicester City, played for Alvechurch in the 1981-1982 season. The striker went to Euro 92 with England and just missed out on Sir Bobby Robson’s Italia 90 World Cup squad.

Alvechurch also hosted the FA Cup First Round draw last season on BBC 2.

Record attendance: - 13,500 against Enfield in the 1964-1965 FA Amateur Cup Quarter-Final.

Tonight’s league games: -

ALVECHURCH v LEISTON
Kettering Town v Nuneaton Borough
Stourbridge v Hitchin Town.